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One Day. One Picture. One Year
A positive way of dealing with pandemic pessimism
Let’s be honest, we were all pleased to put 2020 behind us. But when the clock chimed in the new year, there still wasn’t much to be excited about. Deep in the grips of a Pandemic, life itself had become a challenge.
Restrictions and lockdowns continued. No activities or gatherings with friends or family were allowed. Only essential stores open. A curfew was looming. And to boot, Winter had set in. My sanctuary was now my office and classroom. There wasn’t much to look forward to.
It was totally unplanned. I happened to capture my cat mid-yawn on new years’ day and then and there decided that this would be a great positive distraction in all the negativity. I needed something to keep me from going bonkers.
My personal challenge began: to take one picture every day for the whole year and post it to Instagram.
Ever since I was a child, I loved taking photos. I have albums full of really bad ones, snapped in haste with no regard for the subject, the setting or lighting. Nonetheless, they are images of my past and thumbing through them rekindles those captured moments like they were yesterday.
When my kids were small, I religiously took an abundance of photos, mindful of the family on…
